Sophie Bevan talks about Strauss's Lieder

Michael Zev Gordon introduces his new Violin Concerto with Carolin Widmann

Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending

Brett Dean talks about how The Last Days of Socrates was conceived as a work for Chorus

Antoine Tamestit and Veronika Eberle

Diana Burrell introduces her Concerto for Brass and Orchestra

Conductor Edward Gardner talks about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Vocalise

Verdi Requiem with the BBC Symphony Chorus

Conductor Laureate Jiří Bělohlávek conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 8

Discover an innovative new cinematic interpretation of Mahler’s complete Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music